Hospitality

DEVOTION 3 JOHN HOSPITALITY 3 John 5-8 5 Dear friend, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers, even though they are strangers to you. 6 They have told the church about your love. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God. 7 It was for the sake of the Name that they went out, receiving no help from the pagans. 8 We ought therefore to show hospitality to such men so that we may work together for the truth. NIV It would appear that we need not know someone a close friend in order to offer hospitality. We should be willing to open our homes to all members of the body of Christ who are traveling for the sake of the Gospel. Now that is not to say we should allow any believers on vacation to take advantage of staying for free at our home if we do not even know who they are, but those who are actually working for the sake of the Gospel message, those who are on a missionary journey, doing, spreading the good news, in need of a place to rest, are welcome. It would seem for the most part the church does these things, and that is good. I have seen homes opened to those groups traveling for the sake of the Gospel. This is how Christianity is at work even in this modern era of hotels and fast food restaurants. It must be so, in the case of spreading the Gospel message, but it is also a fair warning for those believers who think they should be able to take advantage of believers’ hospitality. It is a simply message here, no frills, no hidden agenda, no secret meaning, just a simply open your home to anyone who in traveling for the sake of the Gospel and then when they leave, send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.